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World Meeting of Families 2022—Opening Night Session
Jude Hennessy, Family and life - June 23, 2022
Reflection by Australian delegates Margaret and David Hill We were amazed at the bravery of the families who presented testimony during the Festival of Families...
Plenary Council: The Second General Assembly
Plenary Council - June 23, 2022
The Second Assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia takes place from 3–9 July 2022. Masses and sessions will be live-streamed each...
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Plenary Council: Framework for Motions
Plenary Council - June 23, 2022
The four-year journey of the Fifth Plenary Council of Australia will reach the second – and final – assembly in July 2022. On June 1,...
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10th World Meeting of Families: The heart of the Catholic faith
Jude Hennessy, Family and life - June 23, 2022
The day before the official commencement of the 10th World Meeting of Families (WMOF22), our very own Jude and Kerrie Hennessy met with her Excellency...
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Emeritus Bishop Peter Ingham awarded Member of the Order of Australia
Emeritus Bishop Peter Ingham, Clergy life - June 13, 2022
We are so proud of our dear Emeritus Bishop Peter Ingham AM DD on being named today a Member of the Order of Australia (AM)...
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Diocesan husband and wife to represent Australia at the World Meeting of Families
New evangelisation, Jude Hennessy, Family and life, Australian bishops - June 12, 2022
Congratulations and prayers for our diocesan director of the Office of Renewal and Evangelisation, Jude Hennessy, and his wife and local diocesan Catholic school teacher,...
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Celebrating Laudato Si’ Sunday
Pope Francis, Prayer, Clergy life - May 22, 2022
We gather today as sisters and brothers and with all of creation. Today, as the Church honours Laudato Si’ Week, we remember Pope Francis’ urging...
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Inaugral CatholicCare Early Learning Centre opens in Shellharbour
CatholicCare, Bishop Brian Mascord - May 17, 2022
Please join us in congratulating our family over at CatholicCare who have just kicked off celebrations for National Families Week with the launch of their...
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In election statement, bishops call for ‘a better kind of politics’
Australian Election 2022, Australian bishops - April 26, 2022
Australia’s Catholic bishops have called for a shakeup that focuses the country’s politics on the common good of all, including – and especially – those...
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